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BD INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: Inside story of how Nigeria pulled out of AfCTA

by ODINAKA ANUDU & HARRISON EDEH

May 14, 2018 | 1:10 am

There are forces in the Nigerian Presidency who do not want the country to be part of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) due to their morbid fear that the deal will deal a big blow on the business interests of Northern Nigeria, international sources told BusinessDay. Southern industrialists who do not want to…